Ex-JLP senator Leslie Campbell to know fate Dec 12

Former junior foreign minister Leslie Campbell, who is charged with failing to provide information about his income declaration, is to know his fate on December 12.

Parish Judge Paula Blake Powell gave the date following today's completion of the trial in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.

 The former Government senator was last year charged for breaches of the Parliament (Integrity of Members) Act and the Integrity Commission Act, following a recommendation from the Integrity Commission's (IC) director of corruption prosecution, Keisha Prince-Kameka. 

In an investigation report released in June 2023, Director of Investigation Kevon Stephenson said the anti-corruption agency made 39 requests in writing between 2016 and 2020 for Campbell to provide information. 

But he said the former lawmaker, from the ruling Jamaica Labour Party, only partially complied with the requests.

. The IC said that the outstanding information includes the surrender value for two life insurance policies and the account balance linked to a bank loan.

The commission said Campbell provided five responses over the period.

But Campbell's attorneys have insisted that he had provided adequate responses to the agency.

The anti-corruption agency had reported Campbell to the leadership of Parliament on February 20, 2017, for non-compliance with the requests.

Campbell, who had requested and urgent review of the decision contended that he was being asked to submit surrender value for an insurance policy, Guardian Life Care Plus, which has no surrender value.

Campbell resigned from the Senate last year. 

Attorney-at-law Matthew Hyatt represented Campbell. 

The IC's report was released in June last year. 

- Tanesha Mundle

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